Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== NAME: Henry Folger OTHER NAME(s): - REASON: Storm DATE: November 30, 1882 LOCATION: Salmon Point Reef, Lake Ontario TYPE: schooner HULL TYPE: wooden, 3 mast BUILDER: S.G. Johnson, Clayton, N.Y., - 1873 OWNER: 1873 - S.G. Johnson. Sold in 1881 to Folger Bros., Cape Vincent (T.W. Dennis, C.A. Ellis J.W. McDonald) MASTER: Capt. James W. McDonald TONNAGE: 526 LENGTH: 133 ft BEAM: DEPTH: CASUALTIES: 16 [8 of the Folger's crew + 8 of another crew, homebound] SURVIVORS: 0 A despatch from Oswego this forenoon states that the schr. Henry Folger has stranded on Long Pt. at the head of Lake Ontario, and all the crew, numbering 8 men are lost. The vessel will also proved a total wreck. The Folger was commanded by Capt. James McDonald of Clayton, who has many friends in this city. The Folger put in this port last week with her sails all split, having been out in the gale and obliged to run down past Port Colborne as she could not make that port. She was owned by Folger Bros. of Cape Vincent, and is valued at $12,000, and insured for $10,000 in the Aetna. The place where she stranded is one of the worst on Lake Ontario. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser December 3, 1882 LIST OF VICTIMS James W. McDonald, Captain Watson Wiley, First Mate Charles McDonald, Captain's sone (age 15) William Connell, seaman Nelson Lougton, seaman (all of Clayton, N.Y.) John F. Bockus (relative of Capt. McDonald) _______ McCaffrey, second mate (of Ogdensburg) 1 unknown The 1880 Federal Census of Clayton, Jefferson County, New York; Pg 257D shows that Capt. James McDonald was 45 in 1880 and was born in Canada, both parents being from Scotland. He married Elizabeth Augsberry abt. 1868 based on children's ages. By June, 1880 they had 4 children; Charles (age 11), Lottie (age 8), Anna (age 6) and Isabel (age 3). His widowed mother-in-law, Betsey Angsberry (age 73 and born in N.Y.),is also living with them. His death record shows that he was born at Gananoque, O(ntario) and was 51 years, 2 months, and 27 days old when he died and was the son of Charles and Charlotte McDonald. Charles McDonald was age 14 years, 2 months, 26 days on the day of the wreck and was born in Clayton, Jefferson Co., N.Y. The remains of Capt. James and Charles McDonald were recovered and returned to Clayton where they are buried in Clayton Village Cemetery. Watson Wiley was 35 years of age on the date of the wreck. He was born in Orleans, Jefferson Co., N.Y., son of Joshua and Nancy Wiley. William Connell was born July, 1857 in Clayton, Jefferson Co., N.Y., son of Nelson and Josephine Connell. On the day of the wreck he was 25Y, 4M of age. Nelson Loughton was born May, 1860 in Clayton, Jefferson Co., N.Y., son of Joseph and Susan Loughton. On the day of the wreck he was 22Y, 6M of age. ======================================================================== Sources: Stonehouse, "November: The Cruelest Month" Buffalo Commercial Advertise, Nov. 30, 1882 1880 Federal Census - Clayton, Jefferson Co., N.Y. Death records of Jefferson Co., N.Y., - Clayton J.W. Hall Great Lakes Marine Scrapbook, Dec. 1882